Kick-off mechanism for conveyers



R. F. SUTHERLAND.

mcmn MECHANISM FOR CONVEYERS. APPLICATION FILED APR. IL 1920- 1,401,372.Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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KICK-OFF MECHANISM FOR CONVEYERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I7, 920- 1,401,372, Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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W /3 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT I. SUTHEBLANID, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO VACUUM OILcommmv, on NEW roan, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

KICK-OFF MEGHANISM FOR CONVEYERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnn'r F. SUTHER- LAND, a citizen oil the UnitedStates, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and Stateofhew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKick-OtB Mechanisms for Conveyors, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to kick ofi mechanisms fbr conveyors and.an object thereof is to provide a mechanism which will kick 0th an aboutfinom": w movable conveyor and which wlll be automatically operated fromthe movable conveyor when the object reaches the kick oil device.

To this and other ends the invention consists of certaim pants andcombinations of parts, all of which will be hcneinaite'r described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawinqs:

Figure 1 is a p on view oi a conveyor with the kickoff mechanismassociated therewith:

Fig; 2 is a sectionionitheline2- 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows: the kick off mechanism and conveyor in side elevation; and

Fig. his a section on the linen-4:, Fig. 1.

Roferrin more particularly to the drawings, 1 in mates two endlessconveyors arranged side by side with one lap of each above the otherlap, theupper laps of the two conveyors serving by operating at the samespeed, to carry an article such as a barrel 2. These conveyors in; thisinstance are supported on a frame 3 and operate in troughs 4. Extendingfrom one side of the conveyor is a runway 5 on whichthe barrels are tobe kickedlby thckick off mechanism.

The kick oif-devicm in this instance, comprises a rock shaft 6 supportedon the frame 3 in bearin s Tito one side of the two conveyers. Thlsrock. sha-fthas arms: 8 extend? ing laterally thereirom and providedwith rollers 9 at thein free ends. for cooperation with the barrels2,the free ends. bein so situated that they will, Whenthe rock s aft 6turns, shift the barrel oflthe conveyor onto the runway 5.

The kick off device is preferably operated from one of the conveyors 1and to this end, the rock shaft thereofifis provided with an arm 10extending laterally therefrom. and connected by a lirrk 11. with one arm12 of a bell. crank leventhe othor armllfi of the crankr levee extendingdhnmwamllyy and being connected with a pull bar 14 which is in turnpivotally connected to one arm of a double arm lever 15 which is pivotedat 16, the other arm of this double arm lever being plvotally connectedto one cndoif a pull bar 17. 'lhls pull bar 17 has its other endconnected at 18 to a dog 19, said dog being mounted on pivots 20 whichpermit the swlnging of the dog as well as the bodily movement thereof,this latter result being produced by provlding slots 21 the walls ofwhich form ways on plates 22 which are socured to opposite sides ofthetrough of; the lower lap of one 01' the conveyors so as to position thedog- 19 above said lower lap of the conveyor. It is apparent that, whenthe dog is lowered, its nose 19" will enter into engagement with thelinks of the conveyor and will be moved by the latter on the ways so asto shift the kick o'li arnre: inwardly in engagement with the barrel 2and kick the latter onto the runway 5.

With the end in view oi? controlling the kick off device so as toeli'ect the operation thereof when a barrel reaches a position oppositethe runway 5, a stop 23 is provided preferably in the form of a rodlrictionally adjustable in a tube 2i which is pivotally supported at 25'on a bracket 25 this tube being vertically arranged and the stop 23being vertically adjustable therein so that it may be moved into and outof the path of the barrels traveling upon the upper laps oi: theconveyors 1. This tube 2% is in turn pivotally connected to a pull her26 which is pivoted at 27 to one arm of a bell crank lever 28, said bellcrank lcver being pivoted at 29 and having its other arm pivotallyconnected at 30 to a link 31. This link 31 is in turn pivoted at 32 to apivoted frame formed by two arms 33 which are connected by tiepieces 34and are pivoted at to uprights 36 connecting the troughs i of the upperand lower lap of one of the conveyors. On one of the tie-pieces 34 aroller 37 is mountedand this roller is adapted to operate between two inthe slots 21. and thus effect the operation of the kick off device toshift a barrel from the upper laps of the conveyers to the runway 5.lifter the barrel has been shifted it passes out of engagement h thestop 23 and as a consequence, a weight 39 which is secured to thepivoted frame acts on said frame to cause the latter to elevate the nose19 out of the path of the lower lap of the conveyor. The weight of thearms 8 is now suiiicient to return the dog 19 to its original positionin the slots 21 so that said dog; is again ready for cooperation withthe link conveyor. To the end that the kick off may be operated by hand,a rod L0 is pivotally connected at ll to one of the arms 8 so that bypushing on the rod, the kick off may be operated into engagement with abarrel.

The operation of the rention will be understood from the foregoingdescription, but it be summarized as follows:

The barrel travelin along the upper laps of the two conveyors reachesthe stop which then shifts the frame 33 to depress the nose 19 of thedog 19 into engagement with the lower lap of one of the conveyors sothat the dog 19 is carried along with said conveyor and shifts the kickoil arms to throw the barrel onto the runway 5. As the barrel passesonto the runway it also passes out of engagement with the stop 23, thuspermitting the weight 39 to act on the frame 33 and move the dog 19 outof en gagement with the conveyor so that the arms 8 may act on the dogand shift the latter to its original position.

From the foregoing; it will be seen that there has been provided a kickoff device which will move an article from a moving conveyor. This kickoff device is operated through the conveyor by a stop which throws thedog into the path of the con-- veyer, said dog being connected with thekick off device.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a movable con-- veyer, and a kick off device forloving; articles from the conveyor, of a stop an ranged in the path ofar'cles on the coin veyer, and mechanism controlled b i the stop forconnecting the conveyor with the kick of? device to elfect the movementof the latter through the movement of the conveyer when an articleengages the stop.

2. The combination with an endless conveyer having one lap operatingabove the other, of a stop arranged in the path of articles on the upperlap of the conveyor, and. mechanism controlled by said stop forconnecting the lower lap of the conveyor with the kick off device toeffect through the movement of the conveyor, the movement of the kickofi device when an article e11- gages the stop.

The combinziton with a movable convcycr and kick o for removing; anobject from the cor iyer, of stop movable into path ct an on the inchanisin con o .cd by sa d operating a kick oil to remove an l. theconveyor when sucu object the stop.

.1-. The combination with a movable conveyor and kick off forrcn'iovinu' an object a co ngfigc l in the path of an uri 1 1e conveyor,and a dog connected wit: the kick oil and controllable by said stop toons age with the conveyer in order to operate t no kick ell.

5. The combination with a movable con-- veyer and a kick off forremoving an article from the conveycr, of a stop arranged in the path ofan article on the conveyor, and 1?. dog connected wi 1 the kick oil? andmove in into connection w h the conveyor to cause the latter to operatethe kick off, said do; having its movement into connection with theconveyor controlled by the stop.

(3. The combination with a, con eyer one a kick off for removing anarticle from the conveyor, of a stop arranged in the path of an articleon the conveyor, and a doc; connected with the kick oil and movable intoconnection with the convo the latter to operate the kick oh, said dog;having its movement out of connection with the convey *r controlled bysaid stop.

7. The combination with a conveyor and a kick oil for removing anarticle from the conveyor, of a stop arrai ad in the path of an articleon the conic r and a dog connected with the kick off end movable intoconnection with the conveyor to cause the latter to operate the kickoff, said (lop;

veyor having one lap operating above the other, of a kick oil forren'iovinpy an object from the upper lap of the conveyor, :1. dog:arranged to cooperate with the lower lap of the conveyor and havingionnection with the kick oh to move the latter, and. means controlled bythe object on the conveyor controlling said dog.

9. The combination with u uiovuljile con-- veycr and a kick off deicemounlcd to one side of the conveyor, of a dog; having two movements, oneinto and out of connection with the conveyor, and the other in tlic direction of the movement of the conveyor the last named movementeffecting the movement of the kick oil", and means courolled by anobject on the conveyor for controllin the movement of the dog into andout of conn ction with the kick off.

10. The combination with a movable conveyer, of a kick off for removingan object to cause l (ill llb from the conveyer, a pivotally mountedframe, a stop arranged in the path of an object on the conveyer andconnected with the frame to move the latter in one direction, a. weightfor moving the frame in the other direction, and a dog connected withthe frame to move into and out of connection with the conveyer, said dogbeing movable relativel to the frame and having connection with the kickoff to move the hatter when'the conveyer engages with such 11. Thecombination with a movable conveyer and a kick off for removing anobject from the conveyer, of a dog havlng connection with the kick offto move the latter, and movable into the direction of movement of theconveyer to receive movement therefrom, a pivotally mounted tubularmember having connection with the dog to control its movement into andout of connection With the conveyer, and a stop rod adjustablelongitudinally in said tubular member into and out of the path of anobject on the conveyer.

ROBERT F. SUTHERLAND.

